Research
My research focuses on problems related to separations science,
the environment, and issues of environmental sustainability. In
particular I am interested in the cycling of various organic and inorganic
compounds in the environment and how chemical analysis can become a more
sustainable endeavor by employing green chemistry principles. To explore and solve these problems my research
group employs high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), liquid chromatography/mass
spectrometry (LC/MS), gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography/mass
spectrometry (GC/MS), and solid phase microextraction (SPME).

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